Fleeks. What they mean.

Author: richh@netcom.com


In article <1992Feb29.135049.160@desire.wright.edu> dhoward@desire.wright.edu (sparky: longing for sahuarita) writes:
>my boss does this bit with the colons, dots, and brackets
>when we communicate via email or talk. ...:):) real wierd.
>i have no idea what it means. i'm afraid to ask.
>

Oh, Sparks.
You are advertising your newbieness.
We have called things such as :) "Fleek" for years.

Here is a list, in case you ever see any others:

:-) We are all, each of us, alone
B-) I pray daily for death
8-) I was the second gunman
#:-) Everything you know is wrong
:-( I will start with those you love most
@= Kafka was a momma's boy
;-) If you touch my daughter again, they won't be blanks
:-P I have a longer tongue than Gene Simmons
:-b Same as previous, only it is cloven
:-D I am wearing garters
:-o "Oh, the humanity!"
#:-o Jesus built my hotrod
(:-) I never sang for my grandfather
<:-) Dumb question
oo It's cold out
O>-<|= Messages of interest to women(read: recipes to follow)
;-) Wink ( take this message with a fifth of grain)
|-( Yawn
:^) Is *that* your nose?
:-{#} Brace-face
(:-# Fuck this noise
(:-$ Message indicating person is ill--informed about the
Renaissance
(:-& Message indicating person is a Rosicrucian
(:-* Kiss it
(:-( Message indicating person is Sting
(:^( Message concerning Jack Nicholson in Chinatown
(:<) Message concerning Rastafari
B-) "Holy trichinosis!"
...---... ABBA fan
@%&$%& N.W.A. fan
2B|^2B Forty Seconal should suffice
{ User is a psycho

@>--->---- O Rose, thou art sick
The invisible worm
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm

Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.

RICHH

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